So I want to print an object that I found posted online. However the author posted just the code (at least thatโs what Iโm assuming it is?) for the .skp file. Being that I am extremely new to sketchup, what do i do with this? How do I take this code and use it to display the object in sketchup?
Iโm not sure I understand what you mean by โjust the codeโ? .skp is the native file format of SketchUp. If you have the .skp file, you just need to open it using SketchUp. You can then make sure it is suitable for printing (i.e. SketchUp considers the object to be a โsolidโ) and export from SketchUp in a format your 3D printer can accept - usually stl.
Well i figured there would be a file to download but there wasnโt.
Here is a sample of the โcodeโ;
โ๏ปฟเปฟSketchUp Model๏ปฟเฏฟ{16.1.1449}๎ฅ่บป๋ชนไซด๋ไํโป๏ปฟรฟโถๅๅ็ฅๆฅณๆนฏๆ ๏ฝฐไไ็ๆไ็็็ๆฬ๏ผไไ็็็ๆคๆ็็ๆ๏ผไไ็็็ๆคๆ็็ๆไๆผๆธ็ๆๆคๆธๆ็๏ผไไ็็็ๆคๆ็็ๆไธๆๆดๆๆฤ๏ผไไๆๆๆฌๆ็ๆผ็ๆธๆไคๆดๆๆๆเจ๏ผไไๆๆดๆ็ๆิ๏ผไไๆผๆด็ๆผๆธๆๆธ็เฌ๏ผไไๆผๆด็ๆผๆธๆๆธ็ไๆๆ ๆ็ๆคๆผ็ิ๏ผไไๆผๆด็ๆผๆธๆๆธ็ไๆๆๆคๆธๆค็ๆคๆผๆธเจ๏ผไไๆผๆด็ๆผๆธๆๆธ็ไคๆธ็็ๆๆธๆๆิ๏ผไไๆผๆธ็็็็ๆ็ๆคๆผๆธไๆๆผๆดๆ็็็ค๏ผไไๆผๆธ็็็็ๆ็ๆคๆผๆธไฐๆคๆธๆฤ๏ผไไๆผๆธ็็็็ๆ็ๆคๆผๆธๅๆผๆคๆธ็๏ผไไ็็็ๆะ๏ผไไๆๆๆคๆธๆค็ๆคๆผๆธไฐๆค็็๏ผไไๆคๆฬ๏ผโ
This is from GitHub if that makes any difference?
That looks like you are trying to view the contents of a .skp file using a text editor. A .skp file is not text, it is binary. You have to open it using SketchUp.
How can I do that if there is no file to download? (Sorry if this is a ridiculously dumb question, iโm very new to github and sketchup!)
OK, youโve lost me. What are you looking at on GitHub and how? The GitHub interface normally has click points to download files from a repository.
https://github.com/sparkfun/Pokedex/blob/master/Kanto/kanto_pokedex_iPhone6S_sketchup_v2.skp
There is what Iโm trying to use from GitHub, I figured there would be a click point to download it but unless Iโm missing something really obvious, there is not. What should I do?
just right click to download the linked file instead of opening it in a new pageโฆ
john
I tried this, but every time I try to open it I get an error message saying โThis does not appear to be a SketchUp model!โ
It appears that the author has designated the file as text not binary in GitHub, and that makes it very difficult to download it correctly!
I just tried as well and it failed,โฆ
BUT, if you download the repository, itโs fineโฆ
john
Sorry, you kinda lost me at repository? How do I do that?
Perfect! Thank you for the help guys!!